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Innovation through Leadership
October 22-24, 2015 - San Antonio, Texas

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Interdisciplinary Leadership
Developing Partnerships

Ethical Leadership
Focusing on a Strong Clear Vision
International Leadership
Promoting Mutual Understanding
 
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Conference Theme
This year’s theme “Innovation through Leadership addresses the question of what specifically needs to be done to improve the quality of leadership.  The participants represent an interdisciplinary group of professionals who embrace vision, risk, and change.  These qualities, coupled with the three major components of ethical, interdisciplinary, and international leadership are key elements for developing leadership.

The goals of the conference are to: 1) encourage, mentor and support new and upcoming leaders in diverse fields of interest, 2) improve leadership through collaboration, and 3) maintain a focus on humanistic values and ethical practices. We are interested in developing independent, innovative and creative thinkers.

Delegates Attending

Delegates attending the conference will be from academia, business, the military, and other disciplines, as well as government, political and civic leaders. We especially welcome Master’s and doctoral degree students representing all disciplines. Join us and share your ideas on leadership.

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Honorary Dignitaries - 2014
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Honorable Ivy R. Taylor
Mayor
City of San Antonio


Ex Officio - 2015

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Sister Jane Ann Slater, CDP, Ph.D.
President
Our Lady of the Lake University

Advisory Council - 2015

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Dr. Theresa Garfield-Dorel
Texas A&M University
San Antonio
Dr. Christie Cooper
Cooper Consulting Group, Inc.
Yorba Linda, California

Dr. Michael Laney, Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
Our Lady of the Lake University

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Dr. Glenda Ballard, Dean
College of Education
& Liberal Arts
Texas A&M University Texarkana

Dr. Forrest Aven, Dean
H-E-B School of Business University of the Incarnate Word

Dr. Phyllis Duncan
School of Business & Leadership
Our Lady of the Lake University

Dr. Eric Lopez, Dean
College of Education
Texas A&M University-San Antonio

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Dr. Meghan Carmody-Bubb
School of Business & Leadership Studies
Our Lady of the Lake University
Dr. Laurie Turner
Corpus Christi

Dr. Bobbie Jo Monahan
Bayh College of Education
Indiana State University


Contributors

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Dr. Cornell Thomas
College of Education
Texas Christian University
Dr. Emily Tobey
Associate Provost
The University of Texas at Dallas

Dr. Fernando Fuentes
Global Health Fellows Program
Washington DC
Dr. Betty Merchant, Dean
College of Education
The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Dr. Janet Hammer
Texas A&M University
College Station
Theresa Tiggerman, CPA, MBA
H-E-B School of Business
Universityof the Incarnate Word
Dr. Susan Hall
Dreeben School of Education
Universityof the Incarnate Word

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Click Aquí para ver la Carta de Invitación en Español a esta Conferencia de Liderazgo - 2014
Líderes de México y América Latina


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CO-HOST AND LEAD UNIVERSITIES ~ 2014
The Millennial Generation: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

Our Lady of the Lake University
Texas A&M University - San Antonio
Texas A&M University - Commerce
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Panel of Deans
Mentoring & Networking

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Call for articles: CEPA offers an opportunity to publish short articles in its newsletter which highlight the theme of the conference. These could be articles telling members about leadership activities, careers, publications, and other CEPA items of interest.  The newsletter offers each delegate maximum visibility and a voice in the functioning of CEPA and provides meaningful personal participation. Send your article, with photo, to CEPA Newsletter.

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CO-HOST AND LEAD UNIVERSITIES ~ 2013
Futuristic Leadership: Vision, Risk & Change

Our Lady of the Lake University
Texas A&M University - San Antonio
Texas A&M University - Commerce
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Call for articles: CEPA offers an opportunity to publish short articles in its newsletter which highlight the theme of the conference. These could be articles telling members about leadership activities, careers, publications, and other CEPA items of interest.  The newsletter offers each delegate maximum visibility and a voice in the functioning of CEPA and provides meaningful personal participation. Send your article, with photo, to CEPA Newsletter.

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CO-HOST AND LEAD UNIVERSITY ~ 2012
Visionary Leadership: An Ethical & Innovative Approach to Empowerment

Texas A&M University - Commerce

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CO-HOST AND LEAD UNIVERSITY ~ 2011

Ethical Leadership for a Global Perspective

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

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Sound Offs from past CEPA conferences

Thanks for the opportunity to present our work on service learning in San Antonio. …we had a great experience, and look forward to next year.  We believe the CEPA conference will be one that can grow and we plan to visit with faculty and doctoral students to get them involved.  Dr. Cindy Boettcher and Dr. Janet Hammer, Texas A&M University at College Station.

Thank you so much, Fred!  Congratulations, once again, on your continuing commitment to excellence and to bringing together a diverse group of collaborators and partners.  It's always a pleasure to work with you…..I enjoy the company of my fellow deans as well—the panel is really enjoyable and I appreciate the opportunity to work with them. Continued best wishes—Dr. Betty Merchant, The University of Texas at San Antonio, October 9-11, 2014.

On behalf of the faculty, staff and students of the School of Business and Leadership, I am pleased to offer this $1,000.00 donation to the furtherance of the CEPA mission! Dr. Robert Bisking, Dean, Our Lady of the Lake University, October 18-20, 2012.

I want to thank you again for the wonderful conference on Visionary Leadership: An Ethical and Innovative Approach to Empowerment that you organized in Corpus Christi earlier this month.  It was a truly outstanding event and I really appreciated the opportunity to attend, to meet all of the very talented people in attendance and also to have the privilege of addressing this group as a Keynote Speaker.  Everyone I talked to was very impressed with the timeliness of the topics and the mentoring approaches that permeated the conference, thanks to your leadership.  So, thank you again so much for putting this all together.  Extremely well done!  CONGRATULATIONS!! Dr. Larry Lemanski, Texas A&M University - Commerce, October 18-20, 2012.

The inspiring and intellectually stimulating conference has ended.  I was very impressed with your innovative program of powerful young future leaders.  It was a trail-blazing experience (to use the Texas vernacular). Dr. J. Fischer, Texas.

As always I feel so fortunate to have been a part of your work. Dr. Rodriguez, you are an inspiration and a focal point for positive humanist change that is so needed right now. You must continue to expand, the world is waiting...Elizabeth Kuder, California, 2002.

Dr. Rodriguez, Thank you very much for creating an environment open to free thinking. Erica Hobbs, New Mexico.

It is also a source of personal joy to know that there are people like Dr. Rodríguez and his outstanding team of colleagues who, though far removed from our daily lives, are still concerned and ready to help us by traveling from their country to unselfishly share their knowledge with us. On behalf of my country El Salvador, I want you to know that your efforts have not fallen on arid ground-on the contrary, your words have been the seed which will be multiplied by the efforts of everyone who has benefited from your work. Marion Francisco Salinas Hernandez, El Salvador

I will share this information with students, faculty and staff in the department who may be interested in attending the leadership conference. On a professional note, congratulations on your achievements as a leader and thank you for your outstanding service to the nation and humanity. Dr. Frederick Nafukho, Texas A&M University - College Station


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Fred Rodríguez can be contacted at
562-308-8861
cepa2000@earthlink.net